Garlic Chicken

Garlic Chicken is a popular Chinese recipe..its an easy to make dish in which we have to stir fry chicken pieces, seasoned with garlic, chili and sauces...and here it goes:-

Ingredients

500 gm  Chicken
10-15 Flakes of Garlic ( Chopped )
1/2 Cup Vinegar
2-3 Green Chillies ( Chopped )
1/4 Cup Soya Sauce
1/4 Cup Tomato Sauce
1/2 tsp Ajinomoto
1/2 tsp Cumin Powder
1 tsp Pepper Powder
1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
Salt to taste
Few Chopped Coriander Leaves.

Method

Marinate the chicken pieces with salt and vinegar. Keep aside for 3 hours.
Heat oil in a kadai/pan and fry the chicken pieces till the colour changes. Keep aside in a bowl.
Fry the chopped garlic and green chillies in the remaining oil for 2-3 mins.
Add soya saucse, tomato sauce, cumin powder, red chilli powder, pepper powder and the fried chicken pieces to the garlic.
Stir Fry for 4-5 mins.

Add ajinomoto and mix well. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
Serve hot with rice/fried rice/roti/paratha/naan...enjoy.. :-)

*Sending this to Shobha's Cook It Healthy

Chilli Soyabean

Thursday is a veggie day for us, but all of my veggies in fridge was over and I was not having any clue what will I make for side dish to have with rotis in dinner. Then suddenly i saw these Soya chunks in a jar..and i decided to make and have a try for this Chilli Soyabean....I had it 3-4 yrs back,  when i was in Bangalore,but forgotten to give it a try...Its full of proteins and even my kid liked it a lott...Thankfully it was super hit in my home and here it goes :-

Ingredients:

Soya Bean - around 2 cups
Red Chilly Powder- 2 tsp
Onions - 2 nos medium ( chopped )
Ginger-garlic paste - 1 1/2 tbsp
Green Chilli - 2 nos chopped round
Soya Sauce - 2 tbsp
Tomato sauce - 3-4 tbsp
Chilli Sauce - 2 tsp
Salt to taste
Coriander leaves for garnishing


Method

Soak the soya chunks in water for 30 mins and drain the water well by squeezing them.
Then heat oil in a pan, onions, green chilli, red chilli powder, salt and the ginger garlic paste..
Saute till the onion becomes transparent and the ginger garlic paste's raw smell goes.
Add the soya chunks and saute for around 5-7 minutes.
Add in all the sauces and saute for about one minute in medium flame.
Sprinkle some coriander leaves on top and serve hot with rice/roti/paratha...enjoy..:)

*Note : You can alter the quantity of sauces according to your flavours..
If gravy is needed, then add in the corn flour mix with water, saute all the ingredients properly, close the lid and cook for 10 mins in low flame.By the time its done you will get a good thick gravy.(Check salt if needed)..... :)

Sending this yummy recipe to Ayeesha's Any One Can Cook : Series 22

Also sending this to Shobha's Cook it Healthy Event :-

Veg Chowmein

A complete meal...Perfect combination of all nutrients contributed by the vegetables and starch from the noodles.Flavoured with soya sauce, this chow mein brings out all the flavours of Chinese cooking.
Chow mein is a style of preparing noodles separately and then topping them with a choice of ingredients. Here I have used veggies like carrots, capsicums and cabbages(u can also add musrooms, baby corns or even paneer with this recipe).

 
Preparation Time: 15 mins.

Cooking Time: 20 mins.
Serves 4.

Ingredients


For the noodles:-

1 1/2 cups Boiled Noodles

(Boil Noodles in enough water.Do not overcook. Strain Noodles through cold water 2-3 times and drain water and set aside, add few drops of oil to the noodles to avoid sticking )

1/2 tbsp soya sauce
1/2 tbsp vinegar
1/2 tbsp chilli sauce
1 tsp oil

For the vegetables:-

1/2 cup onions, sliced
1 tsp grated ginger
1 tsp garlic, chopped

1 tsp sliced capsicum
1/4 cup carrot, cut into thin strips
1 cup cabbage , chopped
1 tsp oil
salt to taste
The sauce to add with the vegetables:-Mix 2 tbsp soya sauce+1/2 cup water+1 tbsp cornflour and keep aside.
1/4 tsp peper powder

For garnishing:-

¼ cup spring onions, chopped

Method

Mix together the sauce(vinegar,chilli sauce,soya sauce) and the noodles. Keep aside.
Heat the oil over a high flame and sauté the onions, ginger, and garlic for a few seconds.

Add the carrots, cabbage, capsicum, salt and sauté for 2 to 3 minutes till the vegetables soften.
Add the sauce (2 tbsp soya sauce+1/2 cup water+1 tbsp cornflour), peper powder and bring to a boil.
Cook till the water evaporates..Keep aside.
In a non-stick pan heat the refined oil and add the noodles.
Arrange evenly on the surface of the pan like making a pancake. Cook till the noodles are golden brown in colour and lightly crisp.

Carefully turn the noodles around cook over a slow flame for 3 to 4 minutes and then slide them on a serving plate.

Serve immediately by mixing with the prepared vegetables and chopped spring onions...
Enjoy it with chilli paneer or any other chinese items...

*Note:-
U can also use sesame oil or olive oil as ur choice instead of refined oil...
According to taste vinegar, soya sauce and chili sauce can be increased or decreased.

Chicken Chow mein

Chinese noodles are versatile and there are so many ways to prepare them–stir-fry, pan-fry, boil, blanch, soup, gravy, or dry. I could never get bored of noodles. It’s one of the easiest foods to prepare at home, and the end results are always satisfying.

 

In China, chow mein is made with soft noodles. For crispy chow mein noodles, add more oil than the recipe calls for and cook the noodles longer to dry them out. Feel free to use paneer , cabbage, caroots, beans in veg chow mein or shrimp, egg, pork instead of chicken in non-veg chow mein.

Ingredients

2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

Marinade:-1 tablespoon oyster sauce, 1 teaspoon soy sauce, Salt and pepper to taste, 1 tsp cornflour

Sauce:- 1/4 cup water , 1 tablespoon oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, Salt and pepper, to taste, 1 tbsp cornflour mixed with 4 tablespoons water .

1packet dry noodles
1 tbsp chopped cabbages
1 capsicum
1onion
Few spring onion
1 tbsp chopped carrots
oil for frying and stir-frying, as needed

Method

 

Cut the chicken into thin strips.
Add the marinade ingredients, adding the cornflour at last.
Marinate the chicken for 20 to 25 minutes.
The following 3 steps can be completed while the chicken is marinating:

To prepare the sauce, in a small bowl dissolve 1 tbsp cornflour with the 4 tbsp water. Whisk the water with the oyster sauce, soy sauce, salt, pepper and cornflour and water mixture and set aside.

Soften the noodles by placing them in boiling salted water.

Plunge into cold water to stop the cooking process and drain thoroughly.

Wash all the vegetables as needed. Chop the capsicum in half, remove the seeds and chut into chunks.

Peel and chop the onion. Chop the spring onion.

Heat a kadai or frying pan over medium-high to high heat. Add 2 tbsp oil.

When the oil is hot, add the noodles.

Fry in batches until golden. Remove the noodles from the pan.

Heat 2 tablespoons oil.

Add the onion and the meat.

Let the meat brown briefly, then stir-fry until the redness is gone and the meat is nearly cooked through. Remove the cooked meat and onion from the pan.

Cook the vegetables seasoning with a bit of salt while stir-frying if desired.

Remove the vegetables from the pan when finished stir-frying. Add more oil as needed. 

Give the sauce a quick restir.
Add all these ingredients back into the pan.
Add the sauce, stirring quickly to thicken. Mix everything together.
Stir in the chopped spring onions.
Pour the mixture on top of the noodles.Mix properly.
Garnish the chow mein with spring onions. Serve hot.

Mixed Friedrice

Friedrice is a popular component of Asian cuisine, especially Chinese food. It is one of my favourites since college days. Here i made this Chinese recipe with a bit Indian touch by using some spices..My family loved the result...Hope you people will love this too.... :-)

Ingredients

Rice - 2 cups
Prawns - 1\2 cup(remove the head,wash, add lil salt & turmeric powder and keep aside)

Chicken - 1\4 cup (Wash and cut into tiny pieces)(Add lil salt and turmeric powder and keep aside)
Cumin seed - 1 tsp
Cinnamon stick-1/2"
Small Cardamom - 2(slit)
Eggs - 2
Green chillies - 2-3(slit lengthwise)
Spring onions - 5 to 6
Capsicum - 1
Soya sauce - 2 tsp
Beans - 3-4
Carrot -1
Oil - 4 tbsp
Pepper powder to taste
Salt to taste

Method

Wash and cook the rice, by adding 1 tsp salt to it.
When it is just cooked, strain and spread  it in a wide plate and cool.
Scramble the eggs and keep aside.
Chop the spring onions .
Deseed and chop the capsicum.
Finely chop the beans and carrot..
Heat oil in a kadai, (wok) add prawns, fry till they are cooked and keep aside.
Add the chicken to the remaining oil in the kadai, fry till cooked and keep aside.
To the remaining oil, add cinnamon ,cardamoms,capsicum,slitted green chillies, beans,carrot,  and spring onion , one by one in that order.
Stir-fry briefly after each addition.Fry till cooked.
Now add the rice, soya sauce, salt, pepper powder, prawns and chicken ..
Finally add scrambled eggs and mix well .
Keep covered on a low flame till heated through.
Serve hot with chilli chicken or chicken manchurian...

Note:- See the recipe for chilli chicken:-
http://mugdha-cookingfundas.blogspot.com/2009/04/chilli-chicken.html

Chilli Egg

Ingredients


3 eggs - boiled
Oil
1 Tomatoes - chopped
2 Onions - chopped
2 Green chilies - chopped
1/4 tsp red chili powder
1/2 tsp garam masala
1 tsp chicken masala
2 tsp Tomato Sauce
1/4 tsp Soya Sauce
Salt to taste



Method

Heat oil in a pan.
Fry the onion and green chilies, saute till the onion turns pink.
Then add the chopped tomatoes and mix well. Cook until the tomatoes are soft.
Add red chili powder, salt, chicken masala and garam masala.
Add Sauces & boiled eggs cut into two seperate pieces.
Cook on medium heat for few minutes
Before serving garnish it with chopped coriander leaves.
Serve hot with rice/roti/paratha...

Chilli Chicken

Ingredients
800 gms boneless Chicken
A pinch Ajinomoto
1/2 tsp White pepper powder
2 tsp Soya Sauce
3 tsp Tomato Sauce
3 tsp Cornflour
1 Egg
8 Chopped green chilies
4 Onions(coarsely chopped)
2 capsicums(coarsely chopped)
2-3 Spring Onions(Chopped)
6-8 Chopped Garlic cloves
Oil to fry
Salt As per Taste

Method

Marinate the boneless chicken pieces (one inch cubes) in 1 tsp soya sauce, salt, egg and cornflour for 30 minutes to 1 hr .
Deep fry chicken in hot oil till light brown.
Heat oil in a pan. Add onions,capsicum,chopped garlic and chopped green chilies and toss for 10-15 seconds.
Add ajinomoto, white pepper powder, salt and tomato sauce with rest of the soya sauce.
Add fried chicken pieces and cook for 3 minutes.
Add lil cornflour, after dissolving it in water. Stir constantly.
If you want more gravy ,then dissolve 3-4 tsp cornflour with water and add that to the above by stirring constantly.
Garnish with chopped spring onions and green chilies.
Serve hot with fried rice/rice/roti/paratha.

Veg Friedrice

A basic recipe for  veg friedrice that you can enjoy:-

Ingredients:

400 gm Rice
100 gm oil
65 gms onion
1-2 tsp soya sauce
2-3 green chillies
1 capsicum(chopped)
1 cup chopped cabbage
1/2 cup chopped carrots
1/4 cup beans
Few small pieces of paneer
Few spring onion
Few coriander leaves
Few Cashew nuts,raisins & almonds
Spices:- 2 gms cinnamon, 2 gms Bay leaf, 1 gm peppercorns
6 gms Salt


Method:

To the hot pan, add the washed and drained rice and the spices.
Keep stirring and fry for 4-5 minutes till the rice appears glazed.
Add salt and water to the rice. Water should be the double amount of rice..
Boil and simmer till the water is almost absorbed and then put into a very slow flame and leave for 10-15 minutes till the rice is cooked.
Heat oil in a large pan and add the finely sliced onion.
Fry till golden brown, remove from the pan and keep aside.
Then fry all the vegetables with soya sauce till done and add it to the cooked rice.Mix well.

Serve garnished with fried onions,nuts,raisins,spring onions and coriander leaves.
I served it with some paneer curry and salad..

For Non-vegeterians:

Add small chicken(boneless) pieces and few prawns in place of the vegetables.
You can also garnish it with boiled eggs cut in to pieces with other garnishings.....
See my post mixed friedrice for this.. :)

Chilli Paneer

My all time fav recipe is going to be the first ever recipe for my blog...this recipe is the most easy and tasty among all...Chilli Paneer, is the recipe i usually make wenever i dont hav much time to prepare any other tasty dish...

Ingredients:

350gms Paneer

Salt to taste

1 egg-optional

1/2 cup corn flour

1tsp ginger-garlic paste

1tsp chopped garlic

2 cups coarsely chopped and sliced onions

2tbsp sliced green chillies

1 coarsely chopped capsicum

1 tbsp soya sauce

2 tbsp vinegar

1/4 tsp ajinomoto

oil for frying

water as needed

Method:

Cut the paneer in to cubes.
Mix together the paneer cubes,salt, egg(optional), corn flour, ginger-garlic paste.
Add in water to just coat the paneer cubes.Keep aside for 10-15mins..
Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the paneer cubes till golden in color.
To the remaining oil add onions, garlics and capsicums..
Stir fry n high flame for 1-2 mins.
Add green chillies,salt,soya sauce,vinegar,ajinomoto and the fried paneer cubes.
Mix well and cook for 4-5mins ...
Garnish with spring onions and coriander leaves.
Serve hot with rice/friedrice/roti/paratha/kulcha/naan...enjoy..:)